January 27, 2011 - Discovery Air Technical Services
(DATS), a Discovery Air company, announced it has
received its Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO)
Certificate from Transport Canada for the
SAAB 340 aircraft.

DATS is also announced that it has signed maintenance
agreements for multiple aircraft with Sky
Bahamas, a Caribbean operator based
in Nassau, The Bahamas,
and Transwest Air, a Canadian operator based in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Sky Bahamas
operates four SAAB 340A, and flies throughout the
Bahamas
and the Caribbean.
David Hvizdos, Director of Maintenance for Sky
Bahamas
said,

"The DATS
technicians are outstanding. Their knowledge, motivation, and
problem solving skills have allowed us to maintain a challenging
flight schedule. The experience was positive for Sky Bahamas and I would recommend
Discovery Air Technical Services for your Saab 340 maintenance
needs. Sky Bahamas plans to
continue their use as the need arises."

"We are
delighted that our Saab 340 heavy maintenance service has
launched with two important customers like Sky Bahamas and
Transwest Air,'' said Remy St-Martin, Vice President Commercial
Services. "We're getting outstanding customer feedback regarding
our employees' expertise and quality service orientation, and we
are fully committed continuing to exceed our customers'
expectations."

Founded in 2004,
Discovery Air Inc. is a specialty aviation services company operating
across Canada and in select locations
internationally. With over 140 aircraft, it is one of the largest air
operators in Canada,
employing 450 flight crew, maintainers and support staff to deliver a
variety of air transport, maintenance and logistics solutions to a wide
range of government, airline and business customers.

The Company's
Government Services segment includes two subsidiaries: Top Aces Inc.,
which delivers airborne training and special mission services to the
Canadian military, and Hicks & Lawrence, a supplier of airborne fire
management services to the Ontario government and charter services to
government agencies and corporate customers. The Company's Northern
Services segment includes three subsidiaries: Great Slave Helicopters,
the second-largest VFR helicopter operator in the country.

Air Tindi, a
fixed-wing aircraft charter provider operating throughout
Northern Canada; and Discovery Mining Services, which
constructs and rents all-weather exploration camps and provides
expediting and logistics support services. Discovery Air also provides a
range of maintenance, repair and overhaul solutions to airline customers
through Discovery Air Technical Services Inc., based in
Quebec City.

The Saab 340 is a
discontinued Swedish two-engine turboprop aircraft designed and
initially produced by a partnership between Saab and Fairchild Aircraft
in a 65,35 ratio. Under the initial plan Saab built the all aluminum
fuselage and vertical stabilizer, and also performed final assembly in
Linköping, Sweden, while Fairchild was
responsible for the wings, empennage, and wing-mounted nacelles for the
two turboprop engines. After Fairchild ceased this work, production of
these parts was shifted to
Sweden.

The aircraft first
flew on 25 January, 1983, but due to declining sales, production of the
Saab 340 ended in 1998. Originally designated as the SF340, the aircraft
first flew on 25 January 1983. When Fairchild exited the aircraft
manufacturing business in 1985 after about 40 units, Saab dropped the
name Fairchild from the project and continued aircraft production under
the designation Saab 340A and 159 A models were built.

An improved
version, the second generation 340B, introduced more powerful engines
and wider horizontal stabilizers in 1989 and the later 340Bs also had an
active noise control system. Two hundred aircraft were built. The final
third generation version, the 340B Plus, was delivered for service in
1994 and incorporated improvements that were being introduced at the
same time in the Saab 2000.

One
hundred aircraft were built adding up to a total of 300 B
models. The production run of Saab 340s typically seated
between 30 and 36 passengers, with 34 seats being the most
common configuration. The last two 340s built were
constructed as older configuration 36-seat aircraft for
Japan Air Commuter.

As of June 2009, Saab Aircraft AB reports there were 413
Saab 340s in service with 61 operators in 30 countries
having accumulated 13,499,000 flight hours on over 15
million flights. SAAB is considering extending the
airframe lifespan, which initially was 60.000 hours and
90.000 cycles, up to 75,000 hours. The highest time
aircraft in the fleet (-028) has reached 55,495 hours as
of October 2010.